Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Prior to 1988 the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
Winners and nominations
1970s
1980s
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series| Year | Actor/Actress | Program | Role | Network |
| 1986 | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | Roscoe Lee Browne | The Cosby Show | Dr. Barnabus Foster | NBC |
| 1986 | Earle Hyman | The Cosby Show | Russell Huxtable | NBC |
| 1986 | Danny Kaye | The Cosby Show | Dr. Burns | NBC |
| 1986 | Clarice Taylor | The Cosby Show | Anna Huxtable | NBC |
| 1986 | Stevie Wonder | The Cosby Show | Himself | NBC |
| 1987 | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | John Cleese | Cheers | Dr. Simon Finch-Royce | NBC |
| 1987 | Art Carney | The Cavanaughs | James "Weasel" Cavanaugh | CBS |
| 1987 | Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stan Zbornak | NBC |
| 1987 | Lois Nettleton | The Golden Girls | Jean | NBC |
| 1987 | Nancy Walker | The Golden Girls | Angela | NBC |
| 1988 | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | Beah Richards | Frank's Place | Mrs. Varden | CBS |
| 1988 | Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stan Zbornak | NBC |
| 1988 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | The Golden Girls | Anna | NBC |
| 1988 | Eileen Heckart | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Hickson | NBC |
| 1988 | Gilda Radner | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Herself | Showtime |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
| Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
| 1989 | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Cleavon Little | Dear John | Tony Larkin | NBC |
| 1989 | Sammy Davis Jr. | The Cosby Show | Ray Palomino | NBC |
| 1989 | Jack Gilford | The Golden Girls | Max Weinstock | NBC |
| 1989 | Leslie Nielsen | Day by Day | Jack Harper | NBC |
| 1989 | Robert Picardo | The Wonder Years | Mr. Cutlip | ABC |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Individuals with multiple awards
;3 awards;2 awards
- Tim Conway
- Jimmy Fallon
- Jay Thomas
- Justin Timberlake
Programs with multiple awards
- Saturday Night Live
- Mad About You
- Murphy Brown
- Will & Grace
- Frasier
- Monk
Individuals with multiple nominations
;4 nominations
- Will Arnett
- Mel Brooks
- Jon Hamm
- Bobby Cannavale
- Louis C.K.
- John Cleese
- Anthony LaPaglia
- Bob Newhart
- Justin Timberlake
- Hank Azaria
- Alec Baldwin
- Beau Bridges
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Steve Buscemi
- Sid Caesar
- Tim Conway
- Matt Damon
- Danny DeVito
- David Duchovny
- Herb Edelman
- Jimmy Fallon
- Victor Garber
- Will Geer
- Bill Hader
- Luke Kirby
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Brad Pitt
- Carl Reiner
- Martin Sheen
- Jay Thomas
- Bradley Whitford
Programs with multiple nominations
- Saturday Night Live
- 30 Rock
- Frasier
- Will & Grace
- The Golden Girls
- The Cosby Show
- Mad About You
- Murphy Brown
- Friends
- Modern Family
- Seinfeld
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Veep
- The Big Bang Theory
- Cheers
- Dream On
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Extras
- Girls
- The Larry Sanders Show
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Nurse Jackie
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Coach
- Glee
- Life with Bonnie
- Monk
- My Name Is Earl
- Transparent
- The Wonder Years